ERUPTING VESUVIUS
SCIENTISTS SPEND NINE HOURS IN THE CEATEK. . ( Tlie activity of .Vesuvius intensified or August 2i with explosive'phenomena ami jntercrateric streams of lava. The direc--tor of the observatory; 'Siguor' Maladrii,' and the well-known American. vblcanologist, Mr. Rank A. Perrett, on August 2« visited the 'bottom of the crater and observed that the main eruptive cone was. emitting enormous.'masses of smoke or various colours, forming a great cloud Another cone erupted with * loud explosion, sending up showers of sparks through three small incandescent openings. Several streams of lava- were"flowing from (ho base of. the i entral cone 'Tire, temperature,' as ascertained ■ by an electric pyrometer,-at certain- points was 2012 degrees Fahrenheit. Among 'the smoke-were observed pule yellow'flames, which were probably caused by hydrogen-' in combustion. The princinal crater has risen 202 metres since July. 19i:i. The investigators remained nine hours iri the crater-, without sustaining anv personal injuries or damaging their instruments. I.hey 1 brought back numerous- volcanic specimens and photographs)
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 46, 19 November 1918, Page 7
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161ERUPTING VESUVIUS Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 46, 19 November 1918, Page 7
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